Combined curtain and shade support.



' No. 667,1". Patented Jan. 29, l90l.

' J. A. BEAM.'

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT.

(Application filed m 24, 1900.

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NITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BEAM, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,1 11, dated anuary 29, 1901.

Application filed May 24, 1900. Serial No. 17,838- KNZJ odel- T0 ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BEAM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Curtain and Shade Support, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a combined curtainpole and shade-roller support, and is particularly adapted for suspending curtains, as well as supporting a shade-roller and its shade.

The invention aims to construct a device of the above character which will permit of the horizontal adjustment of the curtain-pole in relation to a window, as well as the vertical adjustment of the shade-roller; furthermore, dispensing with the usual rings and pins used in suspending curtains upon a curtain-pole.

The invention further aims to construct a device of this character which shall be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,t0 be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window and frame, showing myimproved curtain-pole and shade-roller support connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof with the knob at the end of the curtainpole removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the section of one of the brackets, to which is adj ustably connected one of the shaderoller fixtures. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the section of one of the adjustable clamps for supporting the curtain-pole. Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of one end of the curtain-pole, showing in fulllines the knob connected thereto to prevent the slipping from the pole of the retaining means for the curtain, and also showing in dotted lines the position of the knob when it is desired to remove the retaining means for the curtain from the pole. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower section of one of the brackets. Fig. 7 is a like view of the lower section of the adjustable clamp for the curtainpole. Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view through the curtain-pole. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the upper section of one of the brackets supporting the curtain-pole. Fig. 10 is a similar view of the retaining-strip for the curtain, showing the stop-pins formed on one end thereof.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 indicates the window, and 2 the frame, to which is connected the supportingbrackets for the curtain-pole and shade-roller fixtures.

To support the shade-roller and the curtain-pole, I provide two brackets, both identical in their construction and each consisting of a series of members connected together, and in this description I will refer to one bracket, like numerals being applied to both brackets.

The numeral 3 denotes one member of the bracket, which has its ends bent angularly, as at 4:, to abut against the window-frame 2, the said member being disposed vertically and provided in its body portion with alielongated slot 5 to receive bolts 7 for secnring the shade-supporting bracket 6 to the front face of the member 3, said bracket 6 and bolts 7 being held to the adjusted position by means of nuts 8, mounted on the bolts. A supportingbrace 9 has its ends bent angularly, as at 10 11, the latter end seated against the angular lower end 4 of the member 3, and the lower end of .the member 3 and the end 11 of the member or supporting-brace 9 are secured to the window-frame by the same pin or screw 15. The top bar or member 12 of the bracket has its inner end 13 turned upwardly at right angles to the body portion of the bar and seated against the upper end 4 of the member 3, these two ends of the memhers-namely, the upper end of the member 3 and the inner end 13 of the member 12being fastened to the window-frame by a common pin or screw 14. The bar or member 12 is provided near its outer end with an aperture 12, which registers with a like aperture 9 in the angular end 10 of the supportingbrace 9. The bar 12 and this angular end 10' of the brace 9 has secured between the same the two bars which receive and support the curtain-pole 16. One of these bars (indicated by the reference-numeral 19) rests upon the angularend 10, is provided with an elongated slot 20, and has its outer end 18 bent downwardly and then outwardly to form a part of the loop to receive the curtain-pole 16. The other bar, which isindicated by the referencenumeral 19', is provided with an elongated slot 20, and has its outer end 17 curved to form, together with the part 18 of the bar 19, the loop for the curtain-pole. The bar 12, the end 10, and the two bars 19 and 19 are secured together by a bolt engaging in the apertures 9 12', slots 20 and 20' and held by a nut 21. It will be observed that by loosening the nut 21 the two bars 19 19' maybe moved outwardly or rearwardly, so as to suspend the curtain at some distance from or close to the window.

The lower face of the pole is provided with an elongated groove, which extends the en tire length thereof, and mounted within the said groove is an elliptical-shaped slitted casing 22, the opening thereof being in alinement with the opening in the groove of the pole. The casing maybe secured within the groove in any desirable manner; but,as shown, the ends are bent outwardly, as at 23, and secured to the pole.

The reference-numeral 24 denotes a pair of rods adapted to suspend acurtain 25, the rods being each mounted within the slitted casing 22. The inner end of each of these rods is provided with a stop-pin 26 to prevent the curtain from slipping off the same, and the outer end is retained within the casing by means of the ornamental knobs 27, which are eccentrically secured to the ends of the pole, as at 28, so that they can be rotated and the rods removed from the casing when desired for the purpose of rearranging the curtains.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved device can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connectionv with the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain and shade supporting bracket consisting of a slotted vertical member3 provided with angular ends, a shade-supporting bracket adjustably secured thereto, a supporting-brace 9 having angular ends, the lower end thereof being seated against, and secured to the window-frame with the lower end of the member 3, a horizontal bar 12 having an angular inner end 13 seated against, and secured to the window-frame with the upper end of the member 3, and a pair of slotted curtain-s11pporting bars secured between the brace 9 and bar 12, said curtainsupporting bars being adjustable horizontally, and each having bent outer ends to form a loop adapted to receive and support a curtainpole, substantially as described.

2. A combined curtain and shadesupporting fixture, consisting of a pair of supporting-brackets, each comprising a slotted vertically-disposed bar having angular ends, a shade-supporting bracket adjustably secured thereto, a supporting-brace 9 having angular ends, the lower end thereof being seated against, and seen red to the window-frame with the lower end of the bar 3, a horizontal bar 12 having its inner end seated against, and secured to the window-frame with the upper end of the bar 3, and a pair of adjust.- able curtain-supportingbars secured between the bar 12 and the upperend of the supporting-brace 9, said bars being placed one on top of the other and having their outer ends bent to form a receiving-loop for the curtain-pole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BEAM.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, N. L. BOGAN. 

